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<blockquote data-quote="oakleez" data-source="post: 657276" data-attributes="member: 89370">FYI, to people having this problem I have found a couple solutions/answers.1.&nbsp; Spend $109 and get yourself an HDMI Detective Plus.&nbsp; This device basically reads the EDID data from a display, saves it, and constantly repeats that signal to a HTPC.&nbsp; This ensures that when you turn off your TV or receiver than your htpc still thinks the TV is attached and does not switch the resolution (which is what causes the half-fullscreen issue).2.&nbsp; If you don't want to spend the money on hardware, I discovered something about my setup (listed below).&nbsp; I only seem to get the issue when my HTPC is rebooted without the TV/AVR turned on.&nbsp; I remote into my machine a lot for file management/etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Apparently the nvidia drivers, windows, etc. does not remember EDID data so if the HTPC is rebooted with the AVR and TV turned off, then it will revert to 800x600 until the display is turned on.&nbsp; At that point, windows resets to 1920x1080 but MediaPortal is stuck in limbo.&nbsp; The VNC trick did not work for me unfortunately.I have purchased a HDMI Detective Plus to solve my issue with the rebooting after a remote session because honestly, the $109 is worth knowing that I'll never have any kind of HDMI Handshake/EDID issue ever again.&nbsp; The only potential dealbreaker is that I have no idea if the HDMI Detective Plus can pass a 3D signal... but I'm still a few years away from caring about that.Took me a while to figure out exactly what was triggering this issue... hope that helps some of the confusion.My setup:nVidia 240GT (Latest beta 260.52 drivers)Windows 7 x64MediaPortal 1.1.0 finalSamsung LCD TVDenon 2310ci Receiver</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oakleez, post: 657276, member: 89370"] FYI, to people having this problem I have found a couple solutions/answers. 1. Spend $109 and get yourself an HDMI Detective Plus. This device basically reads the EDID data from a display, saves it, and constantly repeats that signal to a HTPC. This ensures that when you turn off your TV or receiver than your htpc still thinks the TV is attached and does not switch the resolution (which is what causes the half-fullscreen issue). 2. If you don't want to spend the money on hardware, I discovered something about my setup (listed below). I only seem to get the issue when my HTPC is rebooted without the TV/AVR turned on. I remote into my machine a lot for file management/etc. Apparently the nvidia drivers, windows, etc. does not remember EDID data so if the HTPC is rebooted with the AVR and TV turned off, then it will revert to 800x600 until the display is turned on. At that point, windows resets to 1920x1080 but MediaPortal is stuck in limbo. The VNC trick did not work for me unfortunately. I have purchased a HDMI Detective Plus to solve my issue with the rebooting after a remote session because honestly, the $109 is worth knowing that I'll never have any kind of HDMI Handshake/EDID issue ever again. The only potential dealbreaker is that I have no idea if the HDMI Detective Plus can pass a 3D signal... but I'm still a few years away from caring about that. Took me a while to figure out exactly what was triggering this issue... hope that helps some of the confusion. My setup: nVidia 240GT (Latest beta 260.52 drivers) Windows 7 x64 MediaPortal 1.1.0 final Samsung LCD TV Denon 2310ci Receiver [/QUOTE]

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